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Bracken was born in Hong Kong to Irish parents and was adopted by her blind American godfather. In 1895, Bracken travelled to Dapitan to accompany her adoptive father who wanted to seek treatment from Rizal, an ophthalmologist who previously practiced in Hong Kong.
Nov 3, 2016 · Josephine Bracken was born in Victoria Barracks in Hongkong on August 9, 1876 to an Irish couple, James Bracken and Elizabeth McBride. Because her mother died after giving birth to her and...
Josephine Bracken arrived at the shores of Dapitan accompanying her blind adoptive father, Mr. George Taufer. No ophthalmologist in Hong Kong, their home country, could cure the man's blindness and so they sought the services of the famous Dr. Jose Rizal.
Jan 4, 2013 · Llorente wrote the letter of introduction to Rizal when Josephine arrived in Dapitan to accompany her adoptive father, George Taufer, for treatment. ‘Kababayan’. Being “kababayan” from Cebu, Abad must have been referred, too, by Llorente to Josephine to be her student in English.
Dec 30, 2014 · Her marriage record clearly indicated Josephine Bracken and Vicente Abad as her parents. From this marriage, 2 sons and 2 daughters were born. One of Dolores’s grandsons, Macario Ofilada Mina, wrote Errante Golondrina, an honest and well-researched biography of Josephine Bracken.
Oct 25, 2022 · Her father was an Irishman serving in the British Army. That explains an Irishwoman being from Hong Kong easily enough. However, how she ended up joining the Filipino rebellion against their Spanish colonizers is a bit more of a story. Bracken, who went by Josephine, had a difficult childhood.
Jul 28, 2019 · According to the same author, the woman with an Irish smiling eyes who captivated Rizal, was born in Hong Kong at the Victoria Barracks on 9 August 1879 to an unknown Chinese woman and a British soldier named James Bracken, a private in the 28th Regiment of Foot.
